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Table 2

Model for IRC+10216.

Parameter Value

Distance d = 130 pc
Expansion velocity vexp = 14.5 km s-1
Mass loss rate (total hydrogen) = 3.25 × 10-5M yr-1
Stellar radius R = 3.9 × 1013 cm
Effective temperature Teff = 2300 K
Luminosity (average) Lavg = 8500 L
Luminosity at maximum Lmax = 11 850 L
Inner shell radius 1.2 × 1014 cm (~3 R)
Best-fit parameters:
Formation radius Rf 1.0 × 1014 cm (~2.5 R)
Photodissociation radius Rph >2−3 × 1016 cm
f(ortho-NH3)
f(para-NH3)

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